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SUMMARY:Tropical Forests in the Earth System - Professor Yadvinder Malhi (
University of Oxford)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20181025T151500Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20181025T173000Z
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DESCRIPTION:OCTF seminar followed by drinks - all welcome (booking require
d)\n\nSpeaker: Professor Yadvinder Malhi\, Professor of Ecosystem Science
\, School of Geography and the Environment\, University of Oxford\n\nTropi
cal forests play an important role in the functioning of the Earth system.
Attempts to understand some of these roles brings a novel combination of
some of the traditional approaches with new toolkits associated with the E
arth system sciences\, toolkits such as satellite remote sensing\, atmosph
eric observations and global biosphere-atmosphere models. In his talk\, Ya
dvinder will showcase how these various approaches can work together to pr
ovide understanding of the influence of tropical forests at a planetary sc
ale. He will focus on the specific case of the 2015/2016 El Niño\, and tr
y to answer the question: why do tropical forests pour out carbon dioxide
during El Niño events\, and what does this tell us about the future prosp
ects for tropical forests and the global climate?\n\nAs Professor of Ecosy
stem Science at the School of Geography and the Environment\, and Programm
e Leader of the Ecosystems Group at the Environmental Change Institute\, Y
advinder’s research interests focus on understanding the functioning of
ecosystems and how it is altered by processes of local and global change.
He has a particular interest in tropical forests\, but has recently been
frequently sighted in polar regions.\n\nThe broad scope of Yadvinder’s r
esearch interests is the impact of global change processes such as atmosph
eric change and direct human modification on the ecology\, structure and c
omposition of terrestrial ecosystems\, and in particular temperate and tro
pical forests. This research addresses fundamental questions about ecosyst
em function\, diversity and dynamics\, whilst at the same time providing o
utputs of direct relevance for conservation and adaptation to climate chan
ge. His group applies a range of techniques including field physiological
studies\, intensive and long-term ecological monitoring\, quantitative and
qualitative social science methodologies\, satellite remote-sensing and G
IS\, ecosystem modelling\, and micrometeorological techniques. He also run
s an active research programme at Oxford University’s Wytham Woods resea
rch site. In recent years he has developed an international research netwo
rk (GEM: http://gem.tropicalforests.ox.ac.uk/) collecting data on ecosyste
m function in a number of research sites across the tropics.\n\nYadvinder
is a Fellow of the Royal Society and President of the Association for Trop
ical Biology and Conservation.\n\nSpeakers:\nProfessor Yadvinder Malhi (Un
iversity of Oxford)
LOCATION:Dyson Perrins Building (Beckit Room)\, off South Parks Road OX1 3
QY
URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/b69ecedd-3abd-4afc-97d6-2788ea8565ef/
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